Michael Nunn, FFS

**oldgringo** · 01-13-2006, 01:00 PM

how would he have faired against eubank?

**Gregster** · 01-13-2006, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by oldgringo

how would he have faired against eubank?

Beaten him, on points.

He first put the white stuff up his nose later the night he KTFO Kalambay in Las Vegas, his first million-dollar payday. The Nunn that went tooth and nail with a washed up Barkley and struggled so much with a blown up Starling wouldn't of beaten Eubank. But, pre-Kalambay, **** he was good.

**oldgringo** · 01-13-2006, 01:05 PM

how would he have done against sam langford?

**Gregster** · 01-13-2006, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by oldgringo

how would he have done against sam langford?

I haven't seen enough of Langford.

**ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY** · 01-13-2006, 01:12 PM

People always comeon saying Nunn was on ******* but Michael never got arrested for drug use, never tested positive for drugs. He was definitely a drug SELLER but the only people I have ever heard say he was a drug user are fans. Where do they get this info from?

**Gregster** · 01-13-2006, 01:14 PM

Originally posted by ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY

People always comeon saying Nunn was on ******* but Michael never got arrested for drug use, never tested positive for drugs. He was definitely a drug SELLER but the only people I have ever heard say he was a drug user are fans. Where do they get this info from?

Hey man, it's pretty much common knowledge that Nunn and Whitaker (both better than Roy Jones) put the white stuff up their nose.

**ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY** · 01-13-2006, 02:37 PM

THATS WHAT IMEAN.. u say it is common knowledge but I have NEVER EVER heard that about Nunn from anybody but FANS

**Gregster** · 01-14-2006, 04:35 PM

http://www.boxingranks.com/Articles/Article279.htm

http://www.boxingranks.com/Articles/Article182.htm

http://www.qctimes.com/print.php?story_id=1023650&doc=

http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4788998/19874103.html

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/springtraining/8492.php

http://forums.sohh.com/showthread.php?t=431528

http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/sections.cgi?spt!id!155668

Some quotes from those links on Nunn..

�You can�t say anybody was better than Nunn,�� the veteran boxing promoter from Indianapolis said. �Even Sugar Ray Leonard. Even Marvin Hagler. I think he would have beat Ray Robinson.��

Emanuel Steward worked Nunn's corner at one time. "He has exceptionally fast hands and reflexes," Steward said, "But there seems to be something missing mentally inside of Michael."

�He ranks with the best fighters I ever saw,�� agreed Angelo Dundee, a world-renowned trainer whose stable of champions included Leonard, Nunn and Muhammad Ali. �He had quickness, height and he took a rap.��

"I promoted a lot of Ali fights," Arum said at the time, "and every time I looked at Nunn, he reminded me of the young Ali."

Former middleweight champion Michael Nunn was sentenced to 22 years in prison last week on a drug-trafficking charge.
Nunn was compared to Leonard throughout his career because of his speed, personality and grace. Nunn never recovered from his 1990 knockout loss to James Toney, though he was hyped as the next great attraction after Leonard, "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran had passed their prime.
"Michael Nunn was a great guy who got caught in the trappings of being a world champion, losing it, then having no foundation to keep him balanced," Leonard said. "It happens in boxing. It happened to Mike Tyson.
"It's sad because Michael Nunn was the next guy in line to take the torch, the next television personality. He was going to take the sport to another level. Unfortunately, none of that happened."

Angelo Dundee, 81, has seen everything in the sport of boxing. Now living in Weston, Fla., Mr. Dundee still trains fighters.
Mr. Dundee, trainer of champions like Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Sugar Ray Leonard, Willie Pastrano, Jose Napoles and George Foreman, said he cannot lie about another champion he trained -- Michael Nunn.
``Talented?'' Mr. Dundee responds to a question with a question. ``He had so much going for him. Tall southpaw, well balanced, good reflexes.''

'Nunn had it all. He could box with what looked like effortless grace, a 6-foot-3 left-handed middleweight who could dance. But even more than the athletic abilities was the wholesome look that, back in the Eighties, made him appear to be a second to Nunn coming of Sugar Ray Leonard, the heir apparent..'
"We looked at Nunn and said, that guy's good." Better than that, said Goossen, "he was on nobody's radar screen."

**Gregster** · 01-14-2006, 04:42 PM

Originally posted by Gregster

Some quotes from those links on Nunn..

�You can�t say anybody was better than Nunn,�� the veteran boxing promoter from Indianapolis said. �Even Sugar Ray Leonard. Even Marvin Hagler. I think he would have beat Ray Robinson.��

Emanuel Steward worked Nunn's corner at one time. "He has exceptionally fast hands and reflexes," Steward said, "But there seems to be something missing mentally inside of Michael."

�He ranks with the best fighters I ever saw,�� agreed Angelo Dundee, a world-renowned trainer whose stable of champions included Leonard, Nunn and Muhammad Ali. �He had quickness, height and he took a rap.��

"I promoted a lot of Ali fights," Arum said at the time, "and every time I looked at Nunn, he reminded me of the young Ali."

Former middleweight champion Michael Nunn was sentenced to 22 years in prison last week on a drug-trafficking charge.
Nunn was compared to Leonard throughout his career because of his speed, personality and grace. Nunn never recovered from his 1990 knockout loss to James Toney, though he was hyped as the next great attraction after Leonard, "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran had passed their prime.
"Michael Nunn was a great guy who got caught in the trappings of being a world champion, losing it, then having no foundation to keep him balanced," Leonard said. "It happens in boxing. It happened to Mike Tyson.
"It's sad because Michael Nunn was the next guy in line to take the torch, the next television personality. He was going to take the sport to another level. Unfortunately, none of that happened."

Angelo Dundee, 81, has seen everything in the sport of boxing. Now living in Weston, Fla., Mr. Dundee still trains fighters.
Mr. Dundee, trainer of champions like Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Sugar Ray Leonard, Willie Pastrano, Jose Napoles and George Foreman, said he cannot lie about another champion he trained -- Michael Nunn.
``Talented?'' Mr. Dundee responds to a question with a question. ``He had so much going for him. Tall southpaw, well balanced, good reflexes.''

'Nunn had it all. He could box with what looked like effortless grace, a 6-foot-3 left-handed middleweight who could dance. But even more than the athletic abilities was the wholesome look that, back in the Eighties, made him appear to be a second to Nunn coming of Sugar Ray Leonard, the heir apparent..'
"We looked at Nunn and said, that guy's good." Better than that, said Goossen, "he was on nobody's radar screen."